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Softball Swept At Pfeiffer To Close Regular Season

4/9/2009 12:00:00 AM

The Belmont Abbey softball team closed out the 2009 regular season by dropping both games at Pfeifer, losing game one 8-1 and losing game two 2-1 in eight innings. The Falcons improve to 12-6 in the conference and 25-15 overall. The Abbey drops to 3-17 in league play and 9-33 overall.

In game one, Pfeiffer and the Abbey each tallied a run in the opening inning to get game one started. Pfeiffer followed with four runs in the second and three more in the fifth while holding the Abbey scoreless for the remained of the game. Despite the scoring difference, Pfeiffer only slightly edged out the Abbey in hits, 9-8. However, the Crusaders tallied four errors in the game.

Megan McNeill led Pfeiffer at the plate going 2-2 with one RBI and two runs scored. Shelby Fleming was 3-4 with three RBI. Ranzy York gave a strong performance with two hits on four at bats. She also tallied one RBI and one run scored.

Allison Braswell earned her 10th win of the season by pitching a full game giving up eight hits and one earned run. She marked four strike outs and walked one.

The Abbey was led by Katie Hobbs who had the team's only run scored. She was 1-4 at the plate. Tara Ruebel was credited with the RBI.

Kayla Short suffered the loss after pitching only 1.2 innings. She gave up three hits and five runs (zero earned) while strike out three and walking five.

Game two saw only seven total hits with the Abbey marking four. Strong pitching for both teams kept the score at zero on each side until the sixth inning when the Abbey scored off an error in Pfeiffer's outfield. In the bottom of the seventh, Pfeiffer managed one run to force extra innings. The Falcons scored the winning run in the bottom of the eighth off an error by the Crusader pitcher.

Brittany Waldon led the Falcon offense with one hit on two at bats and tallied one RBI. Kylee Nichols had Pfeiffer's game-winning RBI.

Falcon Amanda Beck earned her third win of the season after pitching eight innings. She gave up only four hits and one unearned run on 30 batters faced. She had two strike outs and walked two as well.

Dani Beres led the Crusaders with their lone RBI. She was 1-4 at the plate. Gina Antonucci had the only run of the game for the Abbey. She was 1-3 in game two.

Danielle Puckett suffered the loss after pitching seven innings. She gave up just three hits and two runs (one earned) with four strike outs and four batters walked.

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